Art Loeb recommendations.

I would say your guess about the temps are probably pretty close. I've been up there in October and the temps were starting to dip down in the 30's at night. So my guess for late September would be mid 40's at night. Probably upper 60's during the day. As far as water, there isn't too much on the boy scout end of the trail. There are a couple small springs around shining rock gap, one right on the trail on the boy scout side of shining rock, and the other where the big east fork trail comes up on the left just before shining rock gap. Don't remember any water sources around black balsam, unless u take side trails 1+ miles over to the yellowstone prong or flat laurel creek.

Paul – How was your trip? I'm planning a similar trip next week and would value your insight.

Thank you.

James

Sadly, I got rained out. I was up in Brevard a couple of days before and all sorts of things went wrong coming up to the trip, primary being a major system rolling through, dumped about 3" in 24 hrs. Enjoy your trip!

Paul